Providing Quality Infant/Toddler, Preschool, Pre-Kindergarten, Childcare, Daycare, Before and After School Care and Summer Camp to the Families in Southeastern Massachusetts since 1980.

At Little People’s College we are much more than a traditional childcare. We strive to create a relaxed, trusting, and caring atmosphere.

Whether a child is in our infant/toddler, preschool or school age or in need of before or after school care… children are encouraged to pursue their own interests, develop friendships, and grow in confidence, independence, and respect for themselves and others. We are proud to offer you a dedicated and well trained childcare (daycare) staff who are eager to challenge and support your child as he/she develops a love for creative learning at the infant/toddler or preschool level, as well as enhancing the education of our school age children.

All of our infant/toddler, preschool programs are NAEYC accredited. Our curriculum continues to be reviewed and updated to include the most current changes to local, state and national requirements. We provide training throughout the year and routinely exceed the state requirements.

Little People’s College administers 13 childcare centers as well as a summer camp in Dartmouth. All of our centers are located in Southeastern Massachusetts and proudly serve the communities of Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Freetown, New Bedford, Mattapoisett and Wareham.

Feel free to stop by unannounced to see why families continue to choose Little People’s College to meet their childcare needs: infant/toddler, preschool, daycare, school age and summer camp.

Parent Testimonials

Little People’s College has been part of my family for the last 10 years. I have two children who currently attend Little People’s College. They both started by the time they were 3 months old, my son is now 10 and my daughter is 4. My daughter is in the preschool program and though she doesn’t start kindergarten until next year I feel that she is prepared to go this year because of Little People’s College. Little People’s College has an amazing curriculum program that prepares the children for kindergarten. When my son went for his kindergarten screening the teacher was very impressed with how much my son knew. My son has excelled academically and socially and I believe Little People’s College played an important role in that. Little People’s College is very family friendly orientated with a lot of family activities that they hold throughout the year. Little People’s College staff really care about the children and they make you feel like part of their family. My children love going to Little People’s College and I know that they are safe, well cared for and are having fun while they are learning.

As someone whose child and grandchildren have grown up at LPC, I can honestly say that I am thankful for the supportive environment for my loved ones. The early education is invaluable, but LPC offers more than early education. The LPC staff ensured that my children received the best foundation possible when I left them in the care of their LPC “family”. My children and grandchildren still remember and speak on life’s lessons that were instilled in them from their time at LPC. This rewarding experience is something they will carry with them throughout life. I highly recommend a visit to one of their sites: you can literally “see” the saturation of love and learning that goes on throughout the day.

News

Friday, December 9th- Tree Trimming Party at our 374 Rockdale Ave. and Dartmouth Street locations. We are trimming our LPC Christmas tree with special ornaments made by us. We'll listen to holiday music and enjoy hot cocoa and cookies as a special snack. Children will...

Wednesday, December 7th and Thursday, December 8th- Holiday Cookie decorating. Parents of our toddler children from the 374 Rockdale location are invited to join the children to decorate Christmas cookies. Look for an upcoming flyer with the details.

Santa's Workshop Schedule Wednesday, December,7th, Thursday, December 8th & Friday, December 9th children from the Church Street location will visit Santa's Workshop located at our Church Street location. The children from our Donald Street location will be visiting Santa's Workshop over at our...

Wednesday, December 7th the Scholastic Book Order is Due at our Bridge Street location. All books ordered earn points for us to get books and resources for our classroom. You can also order online at www.scholastic.com/bookclubs and use our school code H4LMR.

Our preschoolers at the New Bedford and Dartmouth locations will be busy this week as they create unique picture ornaments including 3-D trees, sleighs, snowmen, reindeer and puzzle piece frames. The Common Core/Framework Connection is VA18- explore various materials and media to create 2 and...

Monday, December 5th- Tree Trimming Party at our 374 Rockdale Ave. and Donald Street locations. We are trimming our LPC Christmas tree with special ornaments made by us. We'll listen to holiday music and enjoy hot cocoa and cookies as a special snack. Children will...

At the Dartmouth and New Bedford Little People's College locations this week the infants will be taking a "sleigh ride" and will help their educators create reindeer by lending a hand or footprint. Activities support SED19: Infants explore the environment around them from the MA...

The toddlers at the LPC New Bedford and Dartmouth locations will spend the week learning about Christmas traditions celebrated in Portugal, Mexico and China. Toddlers will be taking a visual tour around the globe and learn about the different names for Santa Claus. These activities...

Hours of Operation

Most Locations

6:30 am - 5:30 pm

Main Office Hours

East: 7:30 am - 5:30 pm

West: 8:00 am - 5:30 pm

The Klubhouse & 128 Sconticut Neck Road

7:00 am - 5:30 pm

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